"The Sound of Music" has been sweet to Laura Benanti. In 1998 at the age of just 18, she made her Broadway debut as Maria in a revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, but it was her role last month as Maria's rival, the jilted Elsa Schrader, in NBC'...

NeNe Leakes had a health scare, yes, but it wasn't a heart attack, the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star said Tuesday.
"My arms are hurting wit these IV's #blessedtobealive," the reality TV star and actress tweeted Monday with a photo of her arms laden...

Whatever else can be said about "Sean Saves the World," the Sean Hayes vehicle which premieres Thursday night on NBC, know that the sitcom doesn't treat sexuality with kid gloves.
Take the explanation divorced gay dad Sean (played by out "Will & Grace"...

Actor David Krumholtz has left the upcoming revival of Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys" at the Ahmanson Theatre. The production, starring Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch, is scheduled to begin preview performances Sept. 24.
A spokesman for Center Theatre...

Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL-TV will start airing "Saturday Night Live" this fall, for the first time since the station started broadcasting NBC programming in 1995.
The station, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has become well-known for choosing not to air certain programs broadcast by the network, including gay-themed comedy "The New Normal" and the graphic serial killer thriller "Hannibal."
As first noted by Deadline, the station has chosen to air its locally produced...

"Modern Family" has won the comedy series Emmy for each of its three seasons. Other shows that have gone the three-peat route — "30 Rock," "Taxi," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "All in the Family" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" — were denied a fourth straight Emmy. ("Frasier," with five in a row, is the only exception.) Are voters ready to cut their "Family" ties? A look at this year's Emmy comedy races:
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"Modern Family" (ABC)
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
"30 Rock" (NBC)...

"The Hangover Part III" star Justin Bartha is reportedly engaged to Lia Smith.
The actor, 34, who also starred in the recently canceled NBC comedy "The New Normal," popped the question to his fitness-trainer girlfriend while they were vacationing in Big Sur this month, Us Weekly reports.
We can only speculate on what kind of "Hangover"-fueled tomfoolery his bachelor party might entail.
Bartha, 34, proposed at the Post Ranch Inn with an "unbelievable" engagement ring, the mag's sources said.
A...

As the television networks announced their fall schedules during this week's upfronts, news was pretty mixed for TV's LGBT characters.
The good news first: Former "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes is returning to NBC with a new sitcom bound to touch on gay issues.
In "Sean Saves the World," the openly gay Hayes stars as a divorced gay dad raising a teenage daughter (Sami Isler) with the aid of his overbearing mother (Linda Lavin). Judging by the trailer, the show will tread on conventional multi-camera...

"The New Normal" was supposed to be the new normal.
After "Modern Family" brought two gay dads into the spotlight on ABC, NBC was bringing audiences a show that put a gay family at its center. "The New Normal" executive producer Ryan Murphy had already shown two gay teens' first sexual encounter on "Glee." There was little concern his new show's central couple (Bryan and David) would be the chaste, sexless gay men generally seen on primetime television.
I tuned in eagerly when the show premiered,...

NEW YORK -- In a time long removed from Michael Scott and must-see TV, NBC is hoping Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes can help fill its Thursday night comedy void.
The network on Monday unveiled its programming for the year ahead during its annual upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall, starting with an overhaul of its once-vaunted Thursday night comedy bloc, coupled with several genre-tinged dramas and an emphasis of nonscripted programming such as sports and late-night talk.
The network is seeking...